Name/Title
Walrus Tusk Ivory Snuff BottleDescription
This tapered bottle has a pierced-through carved vine and leaf pattern as well as relief vines. It is topped with a screw stopper in the form of a seated fu dog.
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Ivory snuff bottle. Campbell inventory number 35, 86mm h x 35mm w, a tapered pod form walrus tooth ivory bottle having pierced through carved vine and leaf and relief carved vines, not hollowed, surmounted by a screw stopper in the form of a seated fu dog.
An ivory snuff bottle 象牙鼻煙壺, very well-patinated, carved in the form of a ripe peapod with leafy scrolling vines carved in relief 刻成豌豆莢形象, 上有綠葉與藤蔓, the original stopper carved in the form of a seated dog. 1780-1820Acquisition
Accession
T854Source or Donor
Joan S. Campbell, Joan S. Campbell TrustMade/Created
Time Period
Qing DynastyNotes
Date: Early 20th centuryLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Bottle, SnuffNomenclature Primary Object Term
Container, SnuffNomenclature Sub-Class
Smoking & Recreational Drug EquipmentNomenclature Class
Personal GearNomenclature Category
Category 03: Personal ObjectsSearch Terms
snuff, bottle, ivoryDimensions
Height
1-3/8 inWidth
3-3/8 in